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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 1d

Brace yourselves: the economy is entering choppy waters. Growth is cooling, wage pressure persists, and external risks are surfacing.

This isn’t a crash prediction—it’s a reality check by @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social

👉 www.dcreport.org/2025/10/14/r...

Reality Check: With the Economy, We're In for A Rocky Ride

Pulitzer-winning journalist David Cay Johnston warns that the U.S. economy has stopped growing, with small businesses shedding jobs and trade collapsing.

www.dcreport.org

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purplesky2025.bsky.social @purplesky2025.bsky.social · 26d

@David — Important calmatters.org/justice/2025...

Trump broke the law by sending National Guard to L.A., federal judge rules

As President Trump floats sending the military to more U.S. cities, a federal judge in California ruled he broke the law with a National Guard deployment to L.A.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · Sep 16

Was a Black student at Delta State University in Mississippi lynched?

Body found hanging from a tree Monday.Investigation underway.
thegrio.com/2025/09/15/b...

Black student found hanging from tree at Delta State University

The body of 21-year-old Demartravion "Trey" Reed was discovered on Monday, prompting the university to cancel classes and campus activities.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 25d

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Joyce Glennon @jglennon.bsky.social · 1h

This horrible president is (externally) less attractive than Hitler. Internally it may be a toss-up!

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 25d

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 22d

Breaking: Adelita Grijalva wins AZ-7 special election, becoming the first Latina Arizona has sent to Congress. 🎉
www.dcreport.org/2025/09/24/a...

Arizona Votes to Send Its First Latina to Congress

Adelita Grijalva has won Arizona’s 7th District special election, becoming the first Latina elected to Congress from the state.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 18d

Trump cares so much about reducing federal spending that he's wasting money on "diesel therapy," a technique used to get federal prisoners to give in to Bureau of Prisons/DoJ demands by flying them around as unpleasantly as possible.

In this case, to agree to be deported despite lack of cause:

Map of US shows flights of ICE planes moving detainees all over the US, shown with backlines between airports.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 12d

On October 4, 1949 the American contract Briley voted 60% in favor excluding blacks playing the card game.

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 12d

Trump & Pfizer struck a deal to lower Medicaid drug prices—but it’s more about tariffs than health reform.

Only some drugs, only for Medicaid, under threat of 100% import tariffs. Don’t confuse perception with policy.

Read more: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/03/o...

On Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

Trump and Pfizer struck a deal to lower some Medicaid drug prices, but the move is more about tariffs and politics than broad healthcare relief.

www.dcreport.org

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 11d

File under do, as I say, not as I do, Trump division:

Headline says Pete Hegseth announce his fat military leaders should resign over photo of a very fat commander and chief Trump

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 9d

The Supreme Court is increasingly ruling in the dark. 🌑The shadow docket lets it bypass normal procedure, no full hearings, no detailed opinions, and make sweeping decisions.
Justice Jackson says it’s “gratuitous and harmful.”

Read more: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/06/s...
Article by: Henry R. Kaufman

The Supreme Court Is Operating in the Shadows — And Democracy Is Paying the Price

The Supreme Court’s growing use of its “Shadow Docket” bypasses deliberation, fast-tracking Trump-era rulings with massive political consequences.

www.dcreport.org

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 8d

🛑 How Safe Are We? — FBI under Patel is firing, reassigning agents seen as disloyal; DOJ is purging dissenting prosecutors. Power is centralizing.

Read more: dcreport.org/2025/10/07/h...
Article by Terry H. Schwadron

How Safe Are We?

FBI Director Kash Patel fires agents, DOJ prosecutors dismissed, and Trump’s loyalty purge deepens — leaving America’s national security at risk.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Silicon Valley CEOs fear Trump, and with good reason. And you should be scared, too.
See my latest for DCReport, both text and the first in a new feature -- short videos:
www.dcreport.org/2025/10/10/s...

Silicon Valley Bends the Knee

David Cay Johnston exposes how tech CEOs fear Trump’s retaliation — and how a secret Intel deal gives him dangerous power over private enterprise.

www.dcreport.org

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

Drawing of a little boy to chalkboard that says if you repeat a lie often enough it becomes strikethrough type truth, followed by Republican Party policy.

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration has found a devious way to force local governments to submit to ICE and end DEI.
This is a story that YOU can do something about.
Please read my column below, watch the very brief video and then help us as a Citizen Journalist: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/11/t...

Trump Using Small Grants to Force Deportation Compliance

Trump’s team is embedding anti-DEI and deportation mandates in small federal grants - forcing towns to choose between funding and freedom.

www.dcreport.org

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 4d

Forrest Gump on a bench telling the woman next to him that Christy knows like a box of chocolates because both will kill your dog.

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DCReport @dcreport.bsky.social · 4d

👉 @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social makes it clear that what’s at stake is: access to essential services, freedom of organizational policy, and the relationship between federal power and state/local autonomy.

Full article: www.dcreport.org/2025/10/11/t...

Trump Using Small Grants to Force Deportation Compliance

Trump’s team is embedding anti-DEI and deportation mandates in small federal grants - forcing towns to choose between funding and freedom.

www.dcreport.org

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

If you had any doubts that prominent GOP leaders are openly disparaging of minorities, watch this video in which a journalist asks a Republican candidate for governor of New Jersey how important Black and Hispanic voters would be to winning:
www.facebook.com/stories/2560...

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www.facebook.com

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David Cay Johnston @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social · 2d

The Republican nominee for Virginia governor wants to ban abortions without exceptions for rape and incest.
Given all the unnecessary deaths of women suffering spontaneous abortions in Florida, Texas, and Idaho how can any decent human being support this anti-life candidate?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

Here's how differently-abled and disabled folks can join No Kings 2: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

NO KINGS for Differently-Abled and Disabled Friends · No Kings

**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...

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Patrick Lovell The Producer @patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com · 1d

Share this like wildfire.

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A discussion with David Enrich of The New York Times regarding JPMorgan and Jeffrey Epstein.

YouTube video by Patrick Lovell Truth Bombs The Con

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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 16h

Let Portland be the blueprint.

Stay peaceful. Stay joyful. Stay respectful.

They want anger and violence.

But they have no idea how to respond to kindness and joy.

It throws them completely off balance—so let’s give them that on 10/18.

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